Fellowship Winner Researches Fire and Communities
PhD student Sarah Dickson-Hoyle is the second recipient of the Future Forests Fellowship, the largest award in the world for an incoming doctoral student in forestry.
From logging to lawyering: A clearcut path for this alumnus
Faculty of Forestry alumnus Garry Mancell, BSF 1974, has successfully combined his studies and experience in forestry and the law to create a successful career over several decades.
New Scholarship for Indigenous Graduate Students
Masters student Seraphine Munroe is the first recipient of a new student award for indigenous graduate students. TimberWest Forest Corporation, partnering with the Faculty, has created an endowment that will generate scholarships in perpetuity through interest revenue.
Foundation Gift Supports Wildfire Research
The Intact Foundation will support valuable research into wildfire prevention and management, and climate change adaptation in British Columbia with a gift of $250,000 over three years. Led by Dr. Lori Daniels, the research project is in collaboration with the St’uxwtéws (Bonaparte) Band and the Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Society.
Industry Partners Contribute to Student Learning in Wood Processing
Thanks to a partnership between three companies in the BC forest industry, the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP) at the UBC Faculty of Forestry is now home to a customized version of equipment used in sawmills throughout North America.
Where there’s fire, there’s alumnus Bruce Blackwell
Growing up in Vancouver, Bruce Blackwell attended Prince of Wales Secondary School and started his academic career at UBC studying biology. That changed when he had an opportunity to fight forest fires in the summer. “I got exposed to fires and forestry and said to myself, ‘this is what I need to do,’”. He moved over to Forestry and completed a BSF in 1984.
Forestry alumni receive achievement awards
Forestry alumni Gerry Burch and Kahlil Baker are 2 of just 8 UBC alumni to receive an Alumni Achievement Award for 2018. These awards honour inspiring members of the UBC community whose extraordinary endeavours and leadership have created positive social change.
Former Dean Expands Scholarship Opportunities
Thanks to the generosity of Clark Binkley, former Dean of the Faculty of Forestry, graduate students in course-based Professional Masters programs have another potential means of supporting their studies.
With a gift of $380,000, Clark has established the Binkley Family Graduate Scholarship, which made its first awards to three students in Professional Masters degree programs in the 2017-18 academic year.
Gift of Shares Creates Bursary for Undergraduate Students
Third-year Forest Resources Management student Tori Lahoda is the inaugural recipient of the J. F. Newman BSF 1962 Forestry Bursary, established in 2017 by Jack Newman.
“When I found out I received the bursary, I almost fell down. This was a huge game-changer for me,” she says. “This year has by far been the hardest of my program. I have student loans but they aren’t enough to live on. It was such a relief to receive this support.”
Faculty Member Establishes Award for Students Entering Forestry
For many, many Branchlines readers, Dr. Peter Marshall needs no introduction. As a professor since 1983, and Associate Dean Academic of the Faculty of Forestry from 1998 to 2016, literally thousands of students have met him in his office, a classroom, or a forest.